Gaza ship with Greta Thunberg on board
Activists still have to leave Israel today
Updated on June 10th, 2025 – 9:51 a.m.Reading time: 1 min.
The sailing ship with the activists around Greta Thunberg was intercepted by the Israeli army on Monday morning. They are supposed to leave Israel around 24 hours later.
Israel shows the activists of the intercepted Gaza solidarity ship. “The ‘Selfie-Jacht’ passengers arrived at the Ben Gurion Airport to leave Israel and return to their home countries,” the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote on the X. Those who refused to sign the expulsion documents would be brought to a judicial authority in accordance with Israeli law so that the expulsion would be approved.
The Israeli army had intercepted the “Madleen” sailing ship with the Schwedin Greta Thunberg on board on the way to the Gaza Strip in the early Monday morning. Read the background here. It was only on Monday evening that the ship was in the Israeli port city of Aschdod. According to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, the activists of Konsuln were welcomed from their respective home countries at the airport.
The “Madleen” was stabbed by Sicily a week ago. Thunberg as well as the other activists-including Yasemin Acar from Germany and a French EU parliamentarian-wanted to bring relief goods such as baby food and medical goods to the Gaza Strip. At the same time, they wanted to focus on international attention in the densely populated area with two million inhabitants with the campaign.
After day -to -day ride through the eastern Mediterranean, however, it ended early Monday morning: the Israeli army stopped the “Madleen” shortly before her destination. Several home countries of the activists offered consular support for their citizens, including Germany.
